Projects

Is it possible to develop and measure the levels of trust needed in robots and humans, so that such teams behave in a trustworthy manner both in terms of functionality as well as within legal, ethical, and operational constraints?

How might we imagine and experiment with hybrid technologies and activities as we come out of the Covid-19 pandemic? A collaboration with Knowle West Media Centre.

How can we bring the digital and physical worlds together in design, empowering everyone to create better products, faster and for less?

We are working to understand the specific digital skills needs of telecoms employers, and to generate evidence on the potential barriers and enablers to meeting these graduate recruitment needs.

We commissioned a social and industrial history of our new home in Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, 'A history of Bristol Gasworks' (June 2022)

Pioneering new Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research launched at University of Bristol to build greater understanding and evidence around the growing and diverse impact of gambling harms.

This successful £10m bid will establish a new international Centre for research and collaboration to explore the interplay between social change and digital technologies.

Architectural and technological challenges for deploying end-to-end O-RAN multi-domain (private-public) interoperable network solutions.

The Proteus project will instigate fundamental breakthroughs by developing an entirely new supplier ecosystem to implement the Open RAN strategic diversification vision.

Digital inequality was already pervasive pre-pandemic, but the nationwide closure of shared spaces – offices, libraries, schools, and more – means our reliance on digital technology is greater than ever.

How can we make the seemingly impenetrable world of machine learning and automated decision-making more intelligible for the general public?

Cutting-edge connectivity is about a lot more than faster download speeds.5G infrastructure can help industries like logistics bring substantial rewards to our region.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the UK and South Korea are collaborating on research to understand and explore issues of critical human security and public policy challenges in a post-COVID world.

Social and cultural participation contributes to longer, healthier lives. But only 13.5% of over-75s take part in cultural activities. Can digital technology improve uptake?

The pace and scale of change in digital technology demands major intercontinental collaboration if we’re to ensure an equitable digital future for all.

A 28 minute film has been produced about the Sandbach Tinne conference, explaining the background, research and findings of this slave-trading conglomerate.